San Francisco Passes Most Expansive Styrofoam Ban in US

San Francisco on Tuesday adopted the nation’s most extensive ban on Styrofoam, according to the supervisors who sponsored the legislation.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to outlaw polystyrene foam, better known by its brand name, as it relates from everything from egg cartons to buoys as of Jan. 1, 2017. The old legislation, enacted in 2007, banned the product as it related to food packaging.

Now most every product made of Styrofoam — down to the beach coolers sold at the grocery store — are now forbidden in San Francisco.